A new report shows the US is importing most of its produce. Even if consumers want to eat locally, it’s getting harder and harder to do.
More Than 10,000 John Deere Employees Go on Strike
The company will use nonunion workers to keep operations going while union workers from 14 plants across the country strike after rejecting a contract offer.
In New Documentary, the Realities of the American Food System Are Laid Bare
Fruits of Labor follows one farm worker as she works two jobs to support her family while navigating high school.
Biden Administration to Develop Heat-Related Workplace Protections
Agriculture is at the forefront of this effort.
Farmers Across the Midwest Struggle to Hire Domestic Employees
In Illinois, the number of foreign agricultural workers has increased more than 250 percent in the past five years.
USDA Announces Aid for Farm and Food Workers
Farmworkers, meatpacking workers and grocery store employees will be reimbursed up to $600 each.
OSHA fines Poultry Companies $1 Million after Deaths of Six Workers
The Department of Labor called the deaths “very preventable.”
How the Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Is Affecting Farmworkers
With temperatures climbing over 100 degrees for days on end, conditions are especially hard on farmworkers who can find no respite from the sun.
No Union Recruiting on California Farms, US Supreme Court Decides
In a 6-3 decision, justices ruled that a decades-old California regulation was a violation of constitutional rights.
